Bernstein’s New York

LA County Arboretum 301 N. Baldwin Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Experience first-hand stories from West side Story to On the Town, and an intimate look at the legend’s relationships with Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne and more.

Broadway Goes to the Movies

Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

Hear the best of hit shows that traveled from Broadway to Hollywood with Funny Girl, The Music Man, My Fair Lady and your favorite classic films. It’s quintessential Feinstein at its finest.

Moonlight Sonata

A one-of-a-kind fundraising event, the Moonlight Sonata Gala benefitting the Pasadena Symphony and POPS will be held on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at Pasadena’s iconic City Hall. This year’s distinct Luminaries include Seyfarth Shaw LLP and Barbara Mann Steinwedell – incomparable supporters of the PSA’s musical mission. Embrace your inner reveler as we gather under…

Mozart Requiem

Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

October 20, 2018 2:00pm & 8:00pmMendelssohn  String Symphony No. 3   Elgar  Introduction & Allegro Mozart  RequiemBuy TicketsTender melodies, powerful choruses, exquisite arias -- Mozart's hauntingly beautiful “Requiem” gets the Pasadena Symphony's 2018-19 season off to a grand start.ListenDownload Program Notes

Bernstein & Copland

Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

November 17, 2018 2:00pm & 8:00pmHailstork An American Port of Call Barber  Violin Concerto Copland  Billy the Kid Suite Bernstein  On the Waterfront Bernstein  West Side Story SelectionsBuy TicketsCelebrate Bernstein’s centennial with hits from On the Waterfront to West Side Story plus the best from his friends and contemporaries with Copland, Barber and more. Sphinx laureate Melissa White shines on violin.ListenDownload Program Notes

Baroque Masters

Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

January 26, 2019 2:00pm & 8:00pmBach     Concerto for Two Violins Corelli  Concerto Grosso in D Major Vivaldi  Concerto for Bassoon Bach     Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Handel  Water Music Suite No. 1Buy Tickets“One of the finest baroque conductors of his generation” (London Independent), Nic McGegan conducts the best of the Baroque with Bach’s Brandenburgs, Handel’s Water Music and Vivaldi Concertos.ListenDownload Program Notes

Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

February 16, 2019 2:00pm & 8:00pmTchaikovsky  Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 5Buy TicketsMusic Director David Lockington conducts this all-Tchaikovsky spectacular with his Fifth Symphony exploring a romantic world of destiny, fate and shocking climaxes, plus his wildly popular First Piano Concerto performed by Russian American Pianist Olga Kern – a Van Cliburn winner with…

Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan”

Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21
Mahler Symphony No. 1

Indulge yourself in Mahler’s monumental and gloriously sonorous “Titan” Symphony, and top it off with Mozart’s fantastical Piano Concerto No. 21 with International Beethoven Piano competition winner Rodolfo Leone.

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

Verdi Overture to La forza del destino
Schoenberg Orchard in Fog
Beethoven Symphony No. 5.

Beloved violinist Anne Akiko Meyers returns with a remarkable new violin concerto by Grammy-nominated L.A. composer Adam Schoenberg, leading up to the four most famous notes in history with Beethoven’s infamous Fifth Symphony.

Dwight Yoakam Live at the Arboretum

LA County Arboretum 301 N. Baldwin Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger proudly presents the third annual summer concert festival "Live at the Arboretum" with multiple Grammy Award-winning country star Dwight Yoakam. Don't miss your chance to hear hits "Streets of Bakersfield," "Fast As You," "Honky Tonk Man," "Guitars, Cadillacs" and many more, live for one night only under the stars at the lush grounds of the Arboretum.